Brookfield The Skillful Teacher

On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom
3. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-119-01986-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Energize your classrooms with these key techniques for collegeteaching
Students say the best teachers get them excited about learning,stretch their thinking, and keep them actively involved in class.But with increasingly diverse classrooms and constantly changingtechnology, each semester throws up new challenges for engagingstudents.
Discover how to keep your teaching, and your students, energizedwith The Skillful Teacher, a practical guide to effectivetechniques, approaches, and methods for today's college classrooms.Providing insights, reflections, and advice from his four decadesof college teaching, Stephen Brookfield now adapts his successfulmethods to teaching online, working with diverse studentpopulations, and making classrooms truly inclusive. As well asbeing completely revised, updated, and rewritten, this edition addssix brand new chapters on:
* Teaching critical thinking
* Using play and creativity in the classroom
* Teaching in teams
* Helping students take responsibility for learning
* Teaching about racism
* Exercising teacher power responsibly
Readers will delve into what learning feels like from astudent's perspective, as well as absorb the wisdom of veterancollege faculty with whom the author has worked. Themes from thebestselling previous editions remain, but are revisited andexpanded with the perspective of an additional decade in theclassroom. This authoritative guide is now even more comprehensiveto better serve teachers looking to improve. Whether you are new tothe classroom or are looking to rise to new challenges, TheSkillful Teacher will provide answers, expand your repertoireof techniques, and invigorate your teaching and yourclassrooms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brookfield, Stephen D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface v - xv
Acknowledgments
About the Author ii - iv
1 Experiencing Teaching 1 - 16
2 The Core Assumptions of Skillful Teaching 17 - 32
3 Understanding Our Classrooms 33 - 48
4 What Students Value in Teachers 49 - 64
5 Understanding and Responding to the Emotions of Learning 65 - 81
6 Lecturing Creatively 82 - 98
7 Using Discussion Methods 99 - 116
8 Teaching in Diverse Classrooms 117 - 132
9 Teaching About Racism 133 - 148
10 Using Play and Creativity 149 - 168
11 Teaching in Teams 169 - 184
12 Teaching Students to Think Critically 185 - 200
13 Teaching Online 201--218
14 Giving Helpful Evaluations 219 - 235
15 Helping Students Take Responsibility for Learning 236 - 251
16 Understanding Students' Resistance to Learning 252 - 267
17 Responding to Students' Resistance to Learning 268 - 283
18 Exercising Teacher Power Responsibly 284 - 299
19 Negotiating the Politics of Teaching 300 - 315
20 Staying Sane: 16 Maxims of Skillful Teaching 316 - 331
References 332 - 362
Index

Über Autor(innen)

STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is the John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more than 45 years, he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States.A six-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author or coauthor of numerous books on teaching, including Engaging Imagination, Teaching for Critical Thinking, Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults, and Discussion as a Way of Teaching, all from Jossey-Bass.
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